Locke may refer to:
People
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John Locke
John Locke (; 29 August 1632 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) – 28 October 1704 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thi ...
, English philosopher
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Locke (given name) Locke is a given name occurring in various works of fiction.
In some cases, it may be based on the English surname Locke.
Examples from East Asian culture may refer to the Chinese surname Luo which is sometimes romanized as Locke, because of th ...
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Locke (surname) Locke, sometimes spelled Lock or Lok, is a common Western surname of Germanic origin. It is also a Scottish surname and a romanization of the Chinese surname Luo.
Origin
Locke has multiple origins and meanings, including:
*from Old English, as ...
, information about the surname and list of people
Places in the United States
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Locke, California
Locke, also known as Locke Historic District, is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta of California, United States. The was first developed between 1893 and 1915 approximat ...
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Locke, Indiana
Locke is an unincorporated community in Locke Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michiga ...
, an unincorporated community
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Locke, New York
Locke is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,877 at the 2020 census. The town was named after John Locke, an English philosopher, and is the birthplace of Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States.
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Locke Island, in the Columbia River in Washington
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Locke Township, Michigan
Locke Township is a civil township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,809 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0 ...
, a township
*Mount Locke, the site of the
McDonald Observatory
McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The facility is located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, with additional faci ...
in the Davis Mountains of West Texas
Arts and entertainment
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''Locke'' (film), a 2013 British film
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Locke the Superman
is a Japanese manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as ''Locke the Superp ...
'', a 1980s manga series by Yuki Hijiri and its anime film adaptations
Fictional characters
*A family in the comic book series ''
Locke & Key
''Locke & Key'' is an American comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, and published by IDW Publishing.
Plot summary
This plot is presented in chronological order.
In 1775 during the American Revolution, a ...
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television series adaptation
*Jameson Locke, the protagonist of the video game ''
Halo 5: Guardians''
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John Locke (''Lost''), a character in the television series ''Lost''
*Locke, a protagonist of the manga ''
Locke the Superman
is a Japanese manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as ''Locke the Superp ...
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*Locke Cole, a
character from the ''Final Fantasy VI'' video game
*Locke, the father of
Knuckles the Echidna
is a character from Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. He is a red anthropomorphic short-beaked echidna who is Sonic's secondary best friend and former rival. Determined and serious, but sometimes gullible, he fights his enemies using bru ...
*Locke Lamora, the protagonist of the novel ''
The Lies of Locke Lamora
''The Lies of Locke Lamora'' is a 2006 fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the first book of the '' Gentleman Bastard'' series. Elite con artists calling themselves the "Gentleman Bastards" rob the rich of the city of Camorr, based on ...
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*Locke, pseudonym of
Peter Wiggin
''This literature-related list is Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists#Incomplete lists, incomplete; you can help by to include characters from the First Formic War trilogy.''
This is a partial list of characters in the Ender's Game (series), ''Ender's G ...
in ''Ender’s Game'' by Orson Scott Card
Other uses
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Locke High School
Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy (formerly Locke High School) is a Title 1 co-educational charter high school located in Los Angeles, California, United States, and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District/Green Dot Public ...
, Los Angeles, California
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